The Republican-led Senate acquitted the president in a trial in February.
Mr. Atkinson had previously served at the Justice Department for 15 years.
Good.
Lol. A “Ukraine first” Russophobia patriot.
The firing won’t take affect for 30 days.
I sure as poop hope they’ve locked the guy out of his office and taken away his badge.
Otherwise, he could cause a whole lot of misery in the remaining 29 days (as of today).
Wonder how much the DNC paid him for his bogus recommendation to trust a “whistleblower” who had been plotting with Schiff?
I have come to believe that the job of an IG is to protect the bureaucracy.
Bad intelligence oversight (China) on Covid-19?
Good, but this is like throwing a pebble into the Atlantic ocean. It won’t be noticed much.
Good timing.
IIRC, Atkinson bent the normal rule on ‘whistleblower’ to create the subsequent mess, which led to Congress impeachment inquiry turned impeachment of president Trump.
No wonder Trump lost confidence in this IG.
However the Ukraine mess did not /could not compare to the Russian Collusion hoax. I have yet to see anybody pay a price for it.
This is the guy who changed the whistleblower form to allow hearsay. For that he ought to have all of his credentials removed.
I’m watching Pres. Trump’s daily coronavirus news conference. A reporter just asked “Wasn’t Atkinson just doing his job?” (paraphrasing).
Oh, well. He can always chase ambulances.
Good. This was the guy who wouldn’t disclose everything and it sure as hell was not urgent issue to take to Congress.
This guy was nothing but a never Trumper who had one mission. Take Trump down. Thank goodness it failed.
Deep state hack.. The complaint was”credible & urgent”, I can’t stop laughing. Did he ask any Ukrainian officials, did he see any mention of aid being held up within the phone call. Did he check with Morrison and others on the call, who would have told him, everything seemed fine to them.
Fired, this guy is lucky he’s not in prison for treason. He initiated a process to try and remove a duly elected President from office, based on nothing but an extrapolation of things not mentioned in the phone call. He belongs in a prison cell along with Vindman, Ciaramella & Schiff.
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